The Hawaiian gazette., 1887-06-21
Prince william.

nun that he Will never be Emperor.
\ premature and sudden end. he
thinks, Is IN store for him. So well is
TINS weakness Of his known that no
one oe1onglng TO the heir-apparent's
1 household, would ever venture 70 refer
% the subject of death. or sickness
even, IN the royal presence. 1t Is not
eowardlce, Tor on more than one bSt
tleheld has the Crown Prince shown
that he possesses the courage Of q
hohenZ0llern It Is superstition
downright superstition. TO which be
constantly yields. Ii Is not necessary
u refer here tothose little tales of the
school reSder variety IL which the
Prince, travelling incognito Of course,
Is represented as encountering some
gypsy bag and hearing from her lips
the omInOus prophecy Of q short and
lngloriouS life, for they are not true.
nor are they based upon anything
except the Imagination of newspaper
correspondents who find time hanging
heaylly upon their hands in this dull
est Of European capitals. You need
only watch the doings Of the Crown
Princes court to find in them ample
Justification for the gossip which
makes the heir spparent's peculiar
superstition the bugaboo Of his house
mold and exposes him 70 the ridicule
Of the irreyereut-
Not long ago, for instance, the
toung Processes were taken down
with the measles The precautions
resOrted to-nOt 50 much to secure
their isolation Is to prevent the sick
ness from reaching their father-are
said TO have been almost absurd. They
made the ROYAL household miserable
and life burden 70 the COurtiers.
Everybody had to be fumigated or
had 20 subject himself 10 q sort of
quarantine before he could hope 10 be
admitted TO the royal presence. Even
husband and wife did not see each
other while the sickness lasted. the
Crown Princess preferring TO stay IN
the sick room, IN Z secluded part Of
the palace, rather than add to her
husbands feeling Of alarm by going
about or sharing his company. The
entire palace was put. as II were,
under { minor state Of siege. chiefly
to appease the heirs pparent's super
stltIOus dread Of s sudden end. An
unfortunate and indisereet army
chaplain 10 whom ~Unser Fritz was
induced Just about this time to listen
one SUNDAY, accidentally referred at
the close OF his sermon to the Angel
Of Death lowering over high places
and though he prayed with more than
customary JUNCTION Tor the ROYAL family
on the Occasion-inspired as no doubt
ne was by the presence Of one OF
Gods Own AnOinted7 he fell soon
after into disgrace and his worldly
career IS an army chaplain came to q
sudden and mysterious close.
l recall al this because the present
sickness OF the Crown Prince, Of which
the cable has undoubtedly informed
you already. Is really believed to be
more serious than Is Oficially admitted
The throat trouble from which he IS
suffering Is nothing less than s can
cerUus growth, Indications OF which /
were discovered for the first time
about & year ago, and which until |
recently the general public has been
quite Ignorant OF. The surgeons /
knife has already been Kesorted 10 /
overcome OF At least arrest the pro |
gress q the disease, but 50 far It Is |
feared with only Indifferent success. /
1t L therefore eZcusabla, though not I
altogether loyal, If people here begin /
70 think more than ever Of the Crown 4
Princes eldest son. Prince William.
a. the future ruler Of Germany, and 4
indulge II all sorts OF prognostica-
tons
Prince William Is still q young man t
He Is n his twenty ninth year. 1t Is
difficult, therefore. to say what ne viii !
become. His character, however,
seems already formed; and It i IN
deniable that he gives promise Of be
mg . distinguished King. II not, IN
deed, { great ruler He differs entirely
from his father n that he has 9 VIII
OF his own and 3 determination Of
purpose which nothing can thWart-
The Crown Prince Is easily swsyed; /
his household Is Z nest Of intrigue, I
ana 2QyLSeES OF COmpG1IOES are thrust
upon him. against his vii frequently,
Is K he were 9 mere puppet, and he Is
ruled with an iron hand almost by his
wife HIS son, on the contrary, has
none Of these weaknesses He knows
shat he wants and II lie follows the
advice o. others It Is only because It
meets hIs views or serves his purpose.
lbs judgment O men and things Is
generally correct and tempered for
one 50 young II g remarkable degree
by ercumspectio1- He studies effect ,
Is vel q selfinterest- Without
m1ch regard for tie feelings Of others
be knows how 10 fztter and dissInu-
ate When Z nays In this way he has !
ns1age-15l Us ke himself popular II
= Iokzno- In society. He sfects 6
Tsest- his rgE ~ and Is ad0red by II |
,4atIiJd do not ind this yo1ng
- - - - !. atty al court receptions 7
Z d 5 took oEsy his tine With Young {
q DIaz did L1e contrary he L aIvEvs !
l-se .eompznv o. Crsv haired :